A collection of poetry selected and performed by Bob Gonzalez, rhapsode. Rhapsodes of Ancient Greece were “song-stitchers,” performing selections from the epics of Homer and Hesiod. The contemporary rhapsode performs the classical poetry of his or her language, culture, and tradition. Any particular collection and arrangement of poems for performance I term a “rhapsody.” In general terms, a rhapsody is an ecstatic expression of feeling and enthusiasm. In music, a rhapsody is an instrumental ...
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Connecting to Host is a co-operative and multiplayer gaming podcast. As friends who now live a thousand miles apart, John and Ben let loose their strong opinions about co-op and online gaming. In a typical episode we review a game from a purely co-op perspective but we often do specials to discuss other gaming news or other topics about the bigger picture of multiplayer gaming.
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Brief essays on poetry: considering a poem and how it reveals the world and the human experience. Find the text of the poems featured and the podcast script on MarilynOnaRoll.wordpress.com.
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Old Books. The Bible & Faith. Antiques. Nature. History. Coffee. Poems. Edison Phonographs. Old Pipes. Old Movies. Hot Tea. Beautiful Memories Of Times Gone By.
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Marilyn McCabe's "Pro Patria": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye
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Love of country under scrutiny in my poem "Pro Patria."Av marmccabe
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Lauren Camp's "Evidence of Tenderness": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye
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Details and attention weave together this disparate poem's lines: "Evidence of Tenderness" by Lauren Camp.Av marmccabe
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John Balaban's "The Guard at the Bin Thuy Bridge": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye
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The hazards and dull horror of war and John Balaban's vivid "The Guard at the Bin Thuy Bridge."Av marmccabe
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Christina Olivares's "Preserving an Ecosystem": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye
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Small subversions and what poetry can do, seen at work in "Perserving an Ecosystem" by Christina Olivares.Av marmccabe
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Jane Hirshfield's "Counting, This New Year's Morning, What Powers Yet Remain To Me": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye
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Counting blessings, however mixed, under consideration and this Jane Hirshfield poem: "Counting, This New Year's Morning, What Powers Yet Remain To Me."Av marmccabe
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Li-Young Lee's "One Heart": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye
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All things connected in this Li-Young Lee poem, "One Heart."Av marmccabe
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Thomas Bailey Aldrich's "Memory": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye
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Remembering and misremembering and an old poem: Thomas Bailey Aldrich, "Memory."Av marmccabe
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Wordsworth"s "To the Planet Venus": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye
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Star-gazing with Wordsworth, and thinking about the notorious denizens of the planet Earth.Av marmccabe
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"Baptized" by Danielle Jones and "Mary Speaks" by Leila Chatti: Whirled Through a Poem's Eye
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Two poems on faith and doubt and the small voice inside.Av marmccabe
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Kweku Abimbola's "Burning Box Braid on East & 94th, Tulsa, Oklahoma": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye
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"Burning Box Braid on East & 94th, Tulsa, Oklahoma" by Kweku Abimbola explores the maintenance of old traditions in new lands, holding the "us" amid the "other," but understanding too that we are all "other" and "us" as well.Av marmccabe
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Deborah Digges's Vesper Sparrows: Whirled Through a Poem's Eye
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Reading "Vesper Sparrows" by Deborah Digges and thinking about humanity.Av marmccabe
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Anne Carson's "Getaway": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye
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Going along to get along, and Anne Carson's short-short "Getaway" considered in this podcast.Av marmccabe
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That Nature Is a Heracletean Fire and Of the Comfort of the Resurrection by Gerard Manley Hopkins: Whirled Through a Poem's Eye
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Gerard Manley Hopkins and reveling in the death of some things and the birth of others in his poem "That Nature Is a Heraclitean Fire and of the Comfort of the Resurrection."Av marmccabe
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Jackie Craven's "Someone moved the bagel shop": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye
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Lost on a byway in this quirky poem by Jackie Craven.Av marmccabe
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Transtromer's "Brief Pause in the Organ Recital": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye
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Tomas Transtromer's "Kort Paus I Orgelkonserten," translated by Patty Crane, and memory and experience considered in this podcast.Av marmccabe
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Patrick Rosal's "Yes It Will Rain": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye
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Patrick Rosal's prayer and meditation on home and hope, grief and ongoing.Av marmccabe
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Anna de Noailles's "Imprint": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye
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Loving the world and turn of the century French poet Anna de Noailles's poem "L'impreinte" in my translation.Av marmccabe
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Audre Lorde's "Litany for Survival": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye
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Hope arising from suffering considered in Audre Lorde's "Litany for Survival."Av marmccabe
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Saara Raappana's "Manifesto of What Breaks": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye
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Memorializing Saara Raappana with this poem of hers, "Manifesto of What Breaks."Av marmccabe
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Yusef Kumunyakaa"s "Facing It": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye
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Human's inhumanity and the love required as counterbalance in consideration, and Kumunyakaa's stunning poem of the Vietnam War Memorial, "Facing It."Av marmccabe
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Rita Dove's "Heart to Heart": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye
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Hearts and wants, the shape of desire, and "Heart to Heart" by Rita Dove considered in this podcast.Av marmccabe
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Bruce Weigl's "The Harp": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye
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Fathers and memory and empathy explored in this consideration of Bruce Weigl's poem "The Harp."Av marmccabe
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Christian Wiman's "All My Friends Are Finding New Beliefs": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye
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Christian Wiman and his poem about shifting beliefs and speeding time and friends, "All My Friends Are Finding New Beliefs."Av marmccabe
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Kay Ryan's "The Light of Interiors": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye
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Thoughts on Kay Ryan's poem "The Light of Interiors" and the importance of friendship.Av marmccabe
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William Snyder's "The Hush": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye
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William Snyder's poem "The Hush" is featured, and thinking about noise and silence.Av marmccabe
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Linda Pastan's "Espaliered Pear Trees": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye
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Linda Pastan's poem "Espaliered Pear Trees" inspires this episode considering humankind's incessant attempts to control nature.Av marmccabe
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Stu Bartow, his life and work in haiku: Whirled Through a Poem's Eye
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In memory of Stu Bartow and his fine poetry and his haikuist's eye.Av marmccabe
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Bob Hicok's "All life is life in art": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye
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Thinking about Bob Hicok's poem "All life is life in art" and "doing" versus "being" and the meaning of life.Av marmccabe
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Gail DiMaggio's Metta for Judy: Whirled Through a Poem's Eye
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A short essay thinking about Gail DiMaggio's poem "Metta for Judy," from her forthcoming collection What She Made of It.Av marmccabe
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Gerald Stern's Day of Grief: Whirled Through a Poem's Eye
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Thinking about Gerald Stern's poem "Day of Grief" and the sense of time and its passage, and life's unfolding.Av marmccabe
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Kathleen Graber's "Book Four": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye
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Considering "Book Four" by Kathleen Graber, and time, collecting things, and letting things go.Av marmccabe
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Remembering poet and friend Naton Leslie, and his poem "In the Year of my Birth Elvis Records Heartbreak Hotel."Av marmccabe
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Jane Hirshfield's Rebus: Whirled Through a Poem's Eye
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A consideration of creativity and making art, and Jane Hirshfield's poem "Rebus."Av marmccabe
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Bruce Beasley's Aphasic Echolalia: Whirled Through a Poem's Eye
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A consideration of faith and Bruce Beasley's poem "Aphasic Echolalia."Av marmccabe
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Carol Frost's To Kill a Deer: Whirled Through a Poem's Eye
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Considering in this podcast Carol Frost's visceral and startling poem "To Kill a Deer." Not for the faint at heart. Frank images from a deer hunt.Av marmccabe
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Workers of the Lord, Neil Carpathios on Whirled Through a Poem's Eye
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Neil Carpathios's poem serves as this podcast's poem lens. Find the text of the poem and the podcast script on MarilynOnaRoll.wordpress.com.Av marmccabe
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Mary Oliver's poem Wild Geese is the lens through which this podcast considers the world.Av marmccabe
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